Grammar parses for passage 9.17.1
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μελλούσης γὰρ πρὸς Ὀρχομενίους γίνεσθαι μάχης Θηβαίοις καὶ Ἡρακλεῖ, λόγιόν σφισιν ἦλθεν ἔσεσθαι τοῦ πολέμου κράτος ἀποθανεῖν αὐτοχειρίᾳ θελήσαντος, ὃς ἂν τῶν ἀστῶν ἐπιφανέστατος κατὰ γένους ἀξίωμα ᾖ.
The sentence contains a genitive-absolute-like opening and a compressed reported-speech construction; the final relative clause is syntactically difficult, so a few attachments are tentative.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μελλούσης | μέλλω | VERB | PAPG-SF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 6 μάχης | advcl | high | Genitive participial clause modifying μάχης. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | G--------- | _ | 13 ἦλθεν | discourse | high | Postpositive explanatory particle. |
| 3 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R-------- | _ | 4 Ὀρχομενίους | case | high | Case marker governing Ὀρχομενίους. |
| 4 | Ὀρχομενίους | Ὀρχομένιος | PROPN | A-P---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 γίνεσθαι | obl | high | Object of πρός with infinitive γίνεσθαι. |
| 5 | γίνεσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | VPPN-- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 6 μάχης | advcl | medium | Infinitival clause dependent on μάχης; syntax somewhat compressed. |
| 6 | μάχης | μάχη | NOUN | N-SF---G- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 ἦλθεν | nsubj | high | Subject of μελλούσης/gίνεσθαι in the genitive absolute-like construction. |
| 7 | Θηβαίοις | Θηβαῖος | ADJ | A-P---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 13 ἦλθεν | obl | high | Dative of interest/association with ἦλθεν. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 9 Ἡρακλεῖ | cc | high | Conjoins Θηβαίοις and Ἡρακλεῖ. |
| 9 | Ἡρακλεῖ | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | A-S---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 Θηβαίοις | conj | high | Second coordinated dative. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἦλθεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 11 | λόγιόν | λόγιον | NOUN | N-AS---N- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ἦλθεν | obj | medium | Likely acc. of inner content with ἦλθεν; text is syntactically difficult. |
| 12 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-P---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 13 ἦλθεν | iobj | high | Dative pronoun. |
| 13 | ἦλθεν | ἔρχομαι | VERB | V-2AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 14 | ἔσεσθαι | εἰμί | AUX | V-FN-- | Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 11 λόγιόν | acl | high | Future infinitive dependent on λόγιόν. |
| 15 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-SG---G- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 16 πολέμου | det | high | Article. |
| 16 | πολέμου | πόλεμος | NOUN | N-SM---G- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 κράτος | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on κράτος. |
| 17 | κράτος | κράτος | NOUN | N-AS---N- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 ἔσεσθαι | nsubj | medium | Likely subject/predicative noun within infinitival clause; construal uncertain. |
| 18 | ἀποθανεῖν | ἀποθνῄσκω | VERB | V-AAN- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 14 ἔσεσθαι | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive dependent on ἔσεσθαι. |
| 19 | αὐτοχειρίᾳ | αὐτοχειρία | NOUN | N-SF---D- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 ἀποθανεῖν | obl | high | Dative of means/manner with ἀποθανεῖν. |
| 20 | θελήσαντος | ἐθέλω | VERB | V-AAPGMS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 17 κράτος | amod | medium | Genitive participle agreeing with implied person, modifying κράτος? The phrase is difficult; likely part of the relative clause's antecedent. |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἦλθεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 22 | ὃς | ὅς | PRON | P-NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 30 ᾖ | nsubj | high | Relative pronoun introducing final clause. |
| 23 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | G--------- | _ | 30 ᾖ | advmod | high | Modal particle. |
| 24 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-P---G- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 25 ἀστῶν | det | high | Article. |
| 25 | ἀστῶν | ἀστός | NOUN | N-PM---G- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 29 ἀξίωμα | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἀξίωμα. |
| 26 | ἐπιφανέστατος | ἐπιφανής | ADJ | A-NSM-SUP | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 ᾖ | xcomp | medium | Predicative adjective in the relative clause; exact attachment uncertain. |
| 27 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 28 γένους | case | high | Case marker. |
| 28 | γένους | γένος | NOUN | N-SN---G- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 29 ἀξίωμα | nmod | high | Genitive complement of ἀξίωμα. |
| 29 | ἀξίωμα | ἀξίωμα | NOUN | N-AS---N- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 30 ᾖ | obj | medium | Object/predicate complement in relative clause; parsing uncertain. |
| 30 | ᾖ | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAS--3S | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 18 ἀποθανεῖν | advcl | high | Subjunctive verb of the relative clause. |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἦλθεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |